Tag archive for ‘botanical garden’

  • Spectacular color

    7/31/10 • (0)

    Shore Acres State Park isn’t just a summer destination for weddings and tourists. It’s one of the Oregon Coast’s bright spots in winter with the Friends of Shore Acres annual Holiday Lights. The day use fee of $5 is worth it to see the Pacific Ocean crashing below your feet, hike down the trail to …

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  • Coastal Curiosities|Garden gobbler

    5/29/10 • (0)

    You can see carnivorous plants, including the Cobra Lily, at the Darlingtonia Gardens Wayside north of Florence. The trail from the parking lot is paved, and a wooden walkway goes over the bogs. Visitors can get close to the insect-eating plants that grow there. The Darlingtonia californica blooms with a hanging blossom and seed pods. …

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